With increased heroin consumption in and trafficking to the United States as well as continuing production in Afghanistan, the United States has expanded its cooperative efforts to target acetic anhydride diversion.

He said that joint operations with what he described as Euro-Atlantic partners had resulted in busts including the confiscation of 21 tons of acetic anhydride and the shutting down of a major money counterfeiting operation.

In the 2008 annual seizures report published by the European Commission's directorate-general for enterprise and industry, national authorities across the EU seized more than 270,000 kilograms of suspicious drug precursors, including 241 tonnes or 75% of the world's seizures of acetic anhydride (NOTE: SPELLING IS CORRECT), the main precursor for heroin.

A statement from Interior Ministry said 1,000 kilos of hashish, 4750 kgs of ammonium chloride, 170 litres of acetic anhydride and 250 kilograms of other chemicals used in heroin processing were seized in Lakari village of Maarja district.

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